http://www.kfvs12.com/story/36166801/heartland-eclipse-2017-expect-temperature-changes#
KFVS Meteorologists Brian Alowrth left, and Bryan McCormick right, sporting eclipse glasses in the First Alert Weather Center. (KFVS TV-Photo)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO (From the KFVS =TV Meterologists. Please click on the link above for the full story. Here is an excerpt below.)
How much will temperatures fall during the eclipse?
When we give ‘temperatures’ during the weather forecast, we are talking about the temperature of the air.
During the daytime hours, the air is heated mainly by contact with the ground surface.
When the eclipse begins, incoming solar radiation will gradually be reduced to zero, and then will slowly increase again after the totality.
At some point, this will result in a cooling of the ground surface and a drop in air temperatures, but meteorologists are not certain just how much.
The consensus here among the KFVS weather team is that our temperatures will slowly drop somewhere between 5 and 10 degrees depending on where you are watching.
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